Dodge Ram Complaints (1994)

830 consumer complaints on file.

#547557July 28, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRUCK VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY ,THE DEALER HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708802July 19, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION/ OVERDRIVE 1ST AND 2ND GEAR BURN OUT, CAUSING A SLIP IN GEARS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#546565July 14, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES
SEAL ON PITMAN ARM STEERING BOX COMPONENT FAILED, FLUID LOSS CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL AND ACCIDENT. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842317July 14, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH SMOKE FILLED UP THE ENTIRE CAB DUE TO FRONT WIRING HARNESS CATCHING ON FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842124July 12, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
POWER STEERING PUMP STARTED LEAKING. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WOULD LEAK AROUND THE BONDING SEAL AREA WHEN ITS RAINED HARD, AND TRANSMISSION MADE A LOT OF NOISE & WOULD SLIP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708127July 1, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
UPON TAPPING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO FULL OPEN THROTTLE. UPON APPLICATION WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO BE STUCK IN THE FULL OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. AFTER GOING OFF THE ROAD AND HITTING A CONCRETE WALL, ENGINE WAS STILL WIDE OPEN, VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STOPPED. WAS PROJECTED INTO ONCOMING INTERSTATE TRAFFIC AND AN 18-WHEEL SEMI-TRUCK, COLLIDED WITH ME. THE DODGE IS DEMOLISHED AND I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#841228June 28, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
PE99031; WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. ALSO, STEERING COLUMN PLASTIC MELTED, AND WIRE BURNT. VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING/ POWER LIGHT,ETC., AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE COLUMN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707762June 22, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
HAD FRONT ALIGNMENT IN JANUARY 1999 ,REPALCED TRACK BAR IN FEBUARY 1999 .IN JUNE OF 1999 TOOK TO DEALER TO ADJUST STEERING BOX.WAS TOLD STEERING BOX HAD TO BE REPLACED. STEERING BOX ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. HAD TO MUCH PLAY IN STEERING TRUCK. TRUCK IS 4 YEARS OLD . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707765June 22, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
TRANSMISSION SLIPS AT 50MPH. TRANSMISSION ALSO DISENGAGES FROM OVERDRIVE AT 65- 70 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. DEALER HAS NOT FIXED IT YET. PCM HAD BEEN REPLACED IN 1995.PCM REPROGRAM IN 1997. TRANSMISSION HAS HAD BANDS ADJUSTED IN 1997 . TO DATE OVER DRIVE UNIT HAS NOT BEEN CHECKED OUT. THIS PROBLEMS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IN OVERDRIVE .WHICH MAKES ME THINK OVERDRIVE UNIT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT. HAVE HAD THREE MISS REAR ENDS IN JUNE 17,1999 BECAUSE OVERDRIVE WOULD DISENGAGE,AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AT 30 MPH,50 MPH ON JUNE 17,1999 DEALER IS ORDERING OVERDRIVE SWITCH , THINKS THIS IS THE CAUSE .HAVE A CHRYSLER FILE #5902303. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707604June 16, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DRIVING VERY SLOWLY ACROSS POND LEVEE, MASHED ACCELERATOR,ENGINE INCREASED SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP IT. VEHICLE PLUNGED INTO LAKE, SEVERLY INJURING DRIVER AND PASSENGER, AND HITTING DRAIN PLUG OF LAKE, CAUSING DRAINAGE AND LOSS OF FISH, ETC.,LAKE APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET DEEP AND, BOTH INJURED PASSENGERS ALMOST DROWNED. BOTH SUSTAINED PERMANENT INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#839821June 15, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE EXPRIENCED SUDDEN ACELERATION WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED. CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. CAUSING A HEAD-ON COLLISON WITH A TRACKER TRAILER AND A BRICK WALL. THREE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#545927June 3, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHICH CAUSED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH / WIRING / IGNITION SWITCH TO BURN OUT, RESULTING IN REPAIRS. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834712June 2, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE VEHICLE WILL STEER OR PULL TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL . DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#838714June 1, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
IN SUDDEN STOPS, THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND MAY RESULT A CRASH. DLR CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH OF VACUUM TO THE BRAKE BOOSTER., BUT CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836821May 28, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE FRONT LEFT/REAR RIGHT BRAKE WOULD LOCK UP. THIS WOULD CAUSE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SLIDE & THEN SPIN. AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, BUT DANGEROUS. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP & NOTHING WAS EVER FOUND WRONG WITH BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837823May 12, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60-70 MPH, THE VAN BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP OWNER NOTICED FIRE COMING FROM THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF VAN. THE VAN WAS TOTALLED. FIRE DEPARTMENT NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837753May 11, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
THREE BOLTS IN THE TRANSFER CASE WORKED THEIR WAY OUT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHEN VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO 4- WHEEL DRIVE, THE REMAINING BOLTS SNAPPED, CAUSING THE DRIVE LINE TO RUPTURE THE TRANSFER CASE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545393May 5, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING COLUMN SHAFT FAILED PER RECALL NOTICE CAUSING IT TO COMPLETELY SEPARATE WHILE DRIVING. NLM (RECALL 96V230000)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706051April 28, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
DESIGN FLAW OR DEFECT CAUSED THE METAL AROUND MOUNT BOLTS (WHICH ARE WELDED IN PLACE) FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR TORE CAUSING THE WIPERS TO JAM AND BECOME INOPERATIVE. MANUFATURER (DAIMLER-CHYRSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE) REFUSED TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRENTY. ALSO REFUSED TO LET ME TALK WITH HER SUPERVISOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545101April 20, 1999
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
HIGH FAN POSITION FAILED, DUE TO FAILURE OF THE FAN MODULE UNIT. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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